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    The document discusses a chess position where White appears to be at a material disadvantage but can win through a pawn fork tactic. It analyzes the key move of Rook to e8, which allows White's pawn to promote and fork both of Black's rooks, winning the game.

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    The document discusses a chess position where White appears to be at a material disadvantage but can win through a pawn fork tactic. It analyzes the key move of Rook to e8, which allows White's pawn to promote and fork both of Black's rooks, winning the game.

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    The document discusses a chess position where White appears to be at a material disadvantage but can win through a pawn fork tactic. It analyzes the key move of Rook to e8, which allows White's pawn to promote and fork both of Black's rooks, winning the game.

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    The document discusses a chess position where White appears to be at a material disadvantage but can win through a pawn fork tactic. It analyzes the key move of Rook to e8, which allows White's pawn to promote and fork both of Black's rooks, winning the game.

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    PAWN FORK

    Hi, how are you doing today? Hope you are doing fine! I would
    like to take two minutes of your time to discuss something
    interesting to you and me. I am talking about Chess.
    Today, we are going to talk about Pawn Fork. Pawn Fork is a kind
    of double attack and it is a dangerous weapon because two pieces
    are being attacked simultaneously and the opponent can save only
    one of them in one move. You are well aware that a Pawn can
    attack two squares ahead diagonally. Pawn Fork is a good tactical
    instrument to learn.
    To better understand the Pawn Fork, let us take a position. This
    position is a conclusion of a study from the Board of G.
    Kasparyan, published in 1940. White starts the play and wins.
    If you see the position, there is a huge material difference
    favouring Black. Black got two Rooks and two pawns against
    White's one Rook and two Pawns. As White's one Pawn stands in
    the seventh rank, ready to get promoted to a Queen, White enjoys a
    positional advantage.
    But the problem asks how can one win in this position? All study
    combinations will have aesthetic and emotional aspects, namely
    sacrifice, the surprise effect and the paradoxical element. These are
    the fascinating side of the game of chess or a chess study
    composition.
    What is the sacrifice in this position? What is the surprise effect of
    this position?
    For example, the White Rook goes to h8 and gives check without
    any support. It's a Rook sacrifice. The Black King takes the Rook.
    White promotes the Pawn and makes a Queen. Is there victory for
    White? It doesn't seem so. Black Rooks can coordinate well and
    White cannot win. Neither there is any surprise effect in the moves
    of White.
    If White does not sacrifice the Rook and moves the Pawn to e6
    instead, then Black answers Rook to g7. White plays Rook to c8
    vacating the Queening square for the Pawn. Black plays Rook to
    a1, threatening mate by Rook to h1. Then on the contrary Black
    wins.
    The question remains - how can white win? The solution is
    brilliantly simple. White plays Rook to e8!! Vacating the square
    for the Pawn to Queen. Black is forced to take the d7-pawn,
    otherwise the d7 pawn becomes Queen. So, Black takes the d7-
    pawn with his Rook. White plays pawn to e6. It's a tremendous
    attacking push of a simple pawn, both the Black Rooks are being
    attacked - Pawn Fork. Black can only save one and consequent to
    the capture, the e6 pawn becomes a new Queen in White's camp.
    The move Rook to e8 created the transition in the position and it is
    the surprise factor. No other move will make white win in this
    position. For example, if White plays Rook to c8, Black takes the
    d7 pawn with Rook. White plays Pawn to e6 and then Black can
    simply sacrifice his Rook playing to d8. Now either White can take
    the d8 Rook with his Rook or capture the Rook at f7. And the
    pawn will not become Queen. Therefore,White will not win.
    Rook to e8 is the winning move because once the e6 pawn takes
    the f7-Rook, the Pawn supports the e8 Rook and the Pawn
    becomes White's Queen. What a fantastic study composition based
    on the tactical device Pawn Fork.
    Thanks for watching this short video. Hope you have learned
    something today. Keep visiting here and keep updating your chess
    wisdom. My name is Varghese, I am a FIDE approved Trainer and
    an Arbiter. Please feel free to ask any questions about chess and I
    will be happy to respond. May all your games end well! See you
    soon. Take care. Bye for now.

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